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13 August 2014

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Some fairly obvious socking is going on in Articles for deletion/Gary Tedman. It's related to Gary Tedman, an article created by Aesheticinfo on 24 November 2013, with contributions by Althusserian in December 2013. Both argue against deletion in the AfD, using the same arguments ("my expertise") with the same editing quirks--can't seem to be able to sign or indent properly. Along comes Socrates, with the exact same editing behavior. Althusserian is plugging Tedman in the Althusser article as well--Tedman is, in the opinion of me,, and , not notable, but I suppose that's by the by. Drmies (talk) 17:11, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

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''Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below. See Defending yourself against claims.'' counteracting a co-ordinated group of right-wing on Wikipedia perhaps?


 * It does appear to be a typical sock or meat puppet scenario. See also single edit WP:SPA - Socrates12345. --Bejnar (talk) 15:47, 18 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Note: I have sent a notice to all of the people that are suspected socks and the suspected sock master. Did you forget to do that, Drmies? Brandon (MrWooHoo) • Talk to Brandon!  14:46, 21 August 2014 (UTC)


 * I am a fairly new user and had forgotten to sign in and out, had no idea how to sign out and that it was necessary. I also signed in under other accounts that I use in order to remain separate from Aesheticinfo, when dealing with different subjects. On realising this was a problem I have stuck to the one name and will continue to do so, sign in and out etc.Aestheticinfo 17:53, 21 August 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aesheticinfo (talk • contribs)
 * If you maintain multiple accounts for "dealing with different subjects." then why did you use them as sockpuppets in the one AFD? Seems opened and closed. Edison (talk) 04:04, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * given the completely desperate nature of aesthetic info to retain the article not to mention admitting a WP:COI, sockpuppetry is obvious here . LibStar (talk) 03:52, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

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These are all relatively new accounts. Recommend indefinitely blocking all the other accounts, blocking the main account for a finite period (e.g., two weeks), and restricting the new user to their main account only (no additional accounts for any reason) with any further socking resulting in indefinite blocks of all accounts. I'm not sure there is a COI in the sense that the WMF intended (and oddly the main account seems to self-identify as Gary Tedman on his userpage, which meets the WMF requirements if there is a COI); knowing someone and agreeing with their perspective doesn't meet our own COI guidelines, and if it did, half the project would be in COI half the time. Risker (talk) 05:03, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * All socks are blocked and the main account has been blocked for a week. I also left a note recommending against additional accounts and the possibility of an indefinite block. Mike V  •  Talk  14:41, 24 August 2014 (UTC)